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Straps and |acts. ? Newark, N. J. January 29: Miss Virginia Wardlaw, Mrs. Carolina B. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, charged with the murder of Mrs. Ocey Snead, were arraigned in court today and pleaded not guilty. Chief Justice Gummere announced that he would preside at the trial of the case which he set for the first Monday In the April term, and he asked that all the lawyers who appear in the case be attired in black while in court. This is a re vival of an old custom in New jerseycourts which long ago fell into disuse. Ocey Snead was found dead In an unfurnished house in East Orange. N. J., which she and Miss Wardlaw had occupied. Her life had been heavily Insured. Mrs. Carolina B. Martin was her mother and Mrs. Snead and Miss Wardlaw were her aunts. ? "The cigarette is more harmful than whisky and any young man of this university who expects to make the track or football team had better cut them out now." said Joseph H. Thompson, coach of the football and track teams of the University of Pittsburg, the other day in inaugurating a crusade to stamp out the cigarette among the student body. "No student who has the welfare of the teams and the university at heart will put temptation in the way of others by indulging in the tobacco habit," he continued. This declaration was made before the assembled students called to discuss plans whereby the young men could give greater support and en couragement to the athletic teams of the university. Chancellor S. B. McCormlck, and the faculty were present and Immediately rallied to Coach Thompson's support "Cigjarette smoking is one of the most dangerous habits there is today," he said. "I have not much to say against cigars, for they are not as harmful as cigarettes. But tobacco In any form is bad for athletesi" ? New York, January 29: The latest bulletin from the Columbia university astronomers on the subject of comet "A?1910" calls attention to the splitting of its tail, which, was first reported In dispatches from the west yesterday. The announcement says: "The splitting in the tails of comets has been noticed before, but the causes of the phenomenon are not definitely known. It may be due to electrical disturbances. The discovery of sodium in the composition of a comet is very unusual and the presence of sodium may account for the unusual brilliance of the present visitor. Usually comets are composed of hydrocarbons. What the present comet is, what is its orbit and how great is its velocity, can not yet be known. Its visit was altogether unexpected. Professor A. E. Douglas, observer at the University of Arizona, reports that Wednesday night the second tail was noted branching off due south, with Ko nthor nnintine straight upward. Professor Douglas estimated the length of the double tall at 26 degrees, the longest since the comet of 1882. ? Cherry, 111., January 30: The little mining town of Cherry Is steeling Itself to undergo the ordeal of exhumation that Is expected this week, following the promised unsealing tomorrow or Tuesday of the St. Paul mine in which the bodies of more than 200 coal miners have been entombed since November 13, when Are caused the death of some 350 men. A snow storm is blowing and the oxygen-helmetted men have not arrived from the University of Illinois, so the prospects tonight are that the lid which has kept the mine closed for two months will not be pried off the shaft mouth before Tuesday. As It is not certain that the fire In the mine Is extinguished, nothing definite toward the recovery of the bodies will be planned until experts protected with oxygen helmets have explored the shaft. The condition of the bodies is causing much concern, as are the engineering problems attendant on uncapping the mine. It has been suggested that much gruesomeness could be avoided by destroying the corpses in the mine galleries with chemicals. This proposal, unofficially made, has met with bitter opposition from the widows, mothers and children of the dead miners. They plead to be allowed to look once more on the form of a beloved relative, to give that body a Christian burial and to recover some personal token. Tentative arrangements are in progress for burials. Men have been engaged to dig a row of graves nearly a quarter of a mile long. ? An interesting South American character, type of a civilization that has largely disappeared, died at Lima, Peru, on Monday of last week in the person of Gen. Miguel Iglesias, says the Buffalo Express. He lived on an estate of 2,400 square miles, which had been in his family since 1574, or within 40 years of the date of the conquest of Peru by Pizarro. There were 20,000 head of cattle on this estate and a population of about 4,000 persons, over whom Iglesias ruled, an absolute lord. He made and enforced their laws, provided for their education and moral welfare, and never had a rebellion. Drunkenness on any day but Easter Sunday was punishable by fine of 35. A wife-beater was punished by a 32 fine. The fines collected largely supported the schools. It was the life of the feudal lords of Middle Ages brought down into the twentieth century. Gen. Iglesias took a prominent part in the government of the country, particularly at the time of the war with Chili. He was secretary of the treasury and of war when hostilities began. He conducted the defence of Lima in so determined a manner as to win high commendation. After the surrender he made his escape and immediately began efforts to secure peace at any price. It was through him mainly that a treaty finally was concluded with the victorious Chilians. He was elected provisional president of the country, but his ? i- Kw rjon AnHrpi) Pa- , rule woa uio^uivu wj \4v?*< ? ceres, who headed the party which wished to continue the war. A civil conflict between Iglesias and Cacerea resulted, in which Iglesias was defeated. He retired for a time to Europe, but later returned to his estate, which he rarely left thereafter, even to attend the sessions of the congress, of which he was a member. He was 87 years old when he died. ? Louis R. Glavis concluded his direct testimony before the BallingerPinchot congressional investigation committee last Saturday, and the understanding was that his cross-examination was to have been commenced yesterday afternoon. Glavls's testimony was interesting. It developed the animus which has long existed between the land office and forestry bureau and resentment the land office people felt when Glavis was called in the "forestry" as they termed it. The witness also declared Representative McLaughlin of California, and Kinkaid of Nebraska, were interested in Alaskan claims, and that Ballinger after being commissioner of the land office acted as attorney for Kinkaid. Olavis asserted that Balllnger suggested to him not to pursue Investigation against McLaughlin, saying there had been "too much of that sort of thing in the past." When, toward the close of his testimony, Glavis was asked the direct question if he thought Ballinger and Commissioner of Land Office Dennett were in league to go wrong in Alaskan cases, he replied: "Well, I thought the cases might be better protected with them out of the way." 1 Glavis's attack seemed to center more today upon Dennett. He said he became convinced in the summer of 1909, that Dennett was crooked. The prosecution," as the attorneys for Glavis and Pinchot are termed. Is quoting from the record indiscriminately and referring to various telegrams and letters offered by Secretary Ballinger in his statement as a part of the case against the secretary. Mr. Brandeis, of counsel for Glavis, declared that it Is all in the arrangement of the telegrams and letters. He says the way they are presented in < the various reports Included in the senate document it would be difficult even for a "Philadelphia lawyer" to get heads or tails of the subject. Interest in the inquiry continues at a i high point and even the increased seating capacity in the hearing room of the senate office building is daily taxed by the spectators, including many women. ?hc \JorkriUr (Enquirer. i Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville , as Mail Matter of the Second Class. iziii^iiziriiizzizrzzzzzzzizzzz^zzz 1 f y 11 j J YORKVILLE. S. C.i { TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910. j A large Chicago publishing house ' announces an increase of twenty per \ cent in the price of Bibles, and claims j that the advance is due to the tariff on leather and Imported papers. The Abbeville, Press and Banner is asking its readers this question: j "Which is worth the most, ten bales , of 15 cents' cotton or 15 bales of 10 ' cents' cotton?" We beg leave to pass | nt tha ' me question on 10 mc icau^io < ..v , Enquirer. 1 l m ? i After all, the biggest robbery is the ( tariff robbery, and New England has j the key to it. As to whether the bal- i ance of the country can ever be made 1 to understand is a question; but if the , balance of the country ever does un- 1 derstand, then the matter will be set- ' tied. I ' * ' 1 York county should be represented in the boys' corn contest, by all means. The fathers of the York county farmer i boys know how to grow corn, and the < boys themselves can make the right ] kind of a showing if given proper en- \ couragement. This is a good thing, ] and it should not be allowed to go by j default. ' ] That statute which allows a father J to deed the custody of his children, re- , gardless of the wishes of their mother, ( strikes us as a sad commentary on i South Carolina's twentieth century civilization. It is hardly conceivable , that such a thing could have the sane- i tion of any state constitution of thl8 day and time. The law, however, has been on the statute books in some form \ since 1748. i , 0 , i At the instance of the State Farm- ( ers' Union, a bill has been introduced in the general assembly requiring gin- 1 ners to number the bales of cotton ^ ginned from 1, consecutively on up, and on the 15th of each month, to re- i port to the commissioner of agricul- ' ture, commerce and industries, the , number of bales ginned during the pre- j vious thirty days. The same bill also i requires cotton dealers to report on 1 the 15th of each month, the number of , ' * tho thl rtv Hi) va 1 Uciitrs uuugm uuiiiia vu? m?*? ~ . previous. 1 , ^ , 1 < The Columbia State of this morning was dated, Wednesday, February 1 2, and we want to enter a protest , against that kind of fudging. The ( State does very well to give the news up to the hour of going to press, '< and nobody is expecting it to print the ' events of twenty-four hours In advance, j Besides, most of us have as much as ' we can do to get through with our va- ^ rious tasks the little time that has already been allotted. We hope the State will be right again tomorrow, even if it shall be under the necessity of get- 1 ting out another issue of the same date as that of today. i < Capt. Joseph F. Shipp, the Chatta- ] nooga sheriff, who was committed to i jail in Washington last November for ! three months for contempt of the Unit- s ed States supreme court, got home last i Sunday. The alleged contempt consisted in permitting the lynching of a ne- . gro who had been convicted and sen- j tenced for rape, and who had appealed i to the United States supreme court. 1 Capt. Shipp and the deputies, wno ( were imprisoned with him, were met ( at the depot by a crowd of ten thousand people, who formed a procession ] behind brass bands playing Dixie, and . escorted them to their homes amid en- : thusiastic acclaim. m ( I a high license bill was introduced < in the senate yesterday by Senator ] Smith. The bill calls for a general } election to be held on the first Tuesday ^ in November, on the question of per- ] mitting the sale of liquor under consti- j tutional restrictions. If a majority or the voters vote for the sale of liquor, then a license board, created in the bill, is to have power to issue license under certain restrictions for the sum of $2,000 a year, to go one-third to the state, one-third to the county and onethird to the town. The bill makes liquor selling without license, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, with or without hard labor. There is no general belief that such a bill will stand a reasonable chance of passing either house; but it is understood that the license question will be made an issue in the coming state campaign with a strong candidate for governor on that platform. Tiieke is no longer any dispute of the right of an individual to mortgage * a crop before it is planted. Some law- J yers held otherwise for a while, but i they find that they cannot sustain such < a contention, and it is doubtful as to whether the general assembly could t interfere with this right, even if it so t desired. It is being held and correctly J. too, that several mortgages given on g a crop before it is up, will become joint 1 liens with no difference in priority, as soon as the crop gets out of the ground; but that seems to be of little moment. It is the rule or custom of the mortgagee to have every mortgagor to specify in each mortgage whether or not there are any previous mortgages, and misrepresentation in this respect is a criminal offense. This fact gives as much protection and security in the matter of priority as any one could expect. As a matter of fact, a crop mortgage is really a better security than the advance lien ever was, and it is better in every way. THE TILLMAN CASE. By Telegraph to The Enquirer. Columbia, February 1.?It was generally expected that the supreme court would publish Its decision in -the Tillman case this morning; but when court convened, Chief Justice Jones, announced that no decision had yet been reached; but would be handed down as soon as possible. In the meantime, the children remain in the custody of Senator and Mrs. Tillman. COTTON AT 20 CENTS. W. P. Brown, Noted Bull Leader Still Talks High Prices. There has probably been no more conspicuous figure in the control of the bull market during the cotton season than Mr. W. P. Brown of New Orleans, a southerner, who has for a long number of years been a close student of cotton and its relation to the wealth of the world. The statement which he makes that cotton will yet go to 20 cents may be considered lightly by those who cannot figure that the Heecy staple can reach such a maximum price, but Mr. Brown in an Interview in the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday, gives a plausible account of his attitude which is extremely interesting. The noted bull leader passed through Atlanta Saturday morning on the Southern's fast limited. No. 37, on his way to his home in New Orleans after a stay in New York and this is what the Atlanta paper got from him: " 'I am more bullish than ever. I ion't believe this country has seen (llgh prices for cotton yet. I wouldn't be surprised to see it sell for 20 cents a pound in the immediate future.' "These were the short, snappy sentences spoken by W. P. Brown, the millionaire bull operator in the New Fork and New Orleans cotton exchanges, who spent twenty minutes in Atlanta Saturday morning, enroute to New Orleans from New York city. "Mr. Brown, wearing a gray suit and black derby hat, was among the first to swing from the Southern vestibule is that train rolled under the shed. He 3topped on the platform to speak to his lifelong friend, Joe Billups, general agent for the West Point route, who came to the platform in a roller chair to see Mr. Brown. Mr. Billups is recovering from a broken leg. "After he had expressed his delight at seeing Mr. Billups again, and his regret at the accident, he turned to the mon tt-hn naH asked for an Iicno^t4JA.4 liivtt **??v expression on cotton. " 'I don't know anything I can say that will be of interest. You know, 30 many newspaper men want to treat cotton and its sale flippantly. I don't care for that. Cotton is a serious propcsition, and should be treated seriously. I don't mind you boys saying "W. P. Brown said," and then go on and state facts. So here goes: " 'Just say I am en route to New Orleans to pay a brief visit there at Mardi Gras time, and then I am going back to New York city. I feel more bullish than ever. This is based purely upon a matter of supply and demand. 1 believe the crop is, as has been published, 10,300,000, and that consumption is at the rate of 13,000,000 bales. From this, it is easy to see that the price will have to go up. I don't believe we have begun to see high prices for cotton yet. I expect to see it sell higher, and in the immediate future, and I would not be surprised to see it sell for 20 cents a pound. " 'The United States government recently Issued a statement showing that up to the first of December the consumption by the American spinners was greater than a year ago, which was the heaviest known. All of this groes to show the demand is greater than the supply, and the price must go up. We are going to have higher levels soon.' " 'How about the recent slump in cotton?' he was asked. " 'That was to' be expected,' he replied. " 'Was it brought about by manipulation?' he was asked. " 'No. I wouldn't say that. You must ?1 * ? ? ? MrtwKntt nf hn^Vi remernuer i ctm a. uicmuci ?i changes, and w^nt to be very careful how I am quoted. I think the slump teas caused by many persons being long, and when they began to unload, the price broke. But It Is going up igain.' "Just at this time Fuller E. Callaway if LaGrangc, who had come down on the train with Mr. Brown, returned from the street level with the afterioon markets, and reported the market closed from 14 to 29 points off. "At once, Mr. Brown was all attention. 'What caused that?' " 'The fact was bad enough,' replied Mr. Callaway: 'I didn't look at the cause.' "Mr. Brown took hold of the paper, ind then said: 'No, we'll read them ifter we get aboard.' He pulled out a iplit-second watch, and said that it was ibout leaving time. The party broke jp, and in a minute he was en route to New Orleans.'" FLOOD STRICKEN PARIS. Waters Receding But Situation Still Grave. Paris, Jan. 30.?While the most lmninent peril is over, the fall of the Seine since yesterday morning has measured only 15J inches. At this rate it would require a fortnight for <-> roooh lt? normal level. Fortunately, tidings from the flooded sections above Paris give hope of a nore rapid subsidence after tomorrow. In the meantime the situation in Paris and in many places throughout :he country shows little improvement. Indeed, the ravages of the flood wlthn the city seemed actually to increase :od:ty. The water was higher in some >f the streets, while the situation at the nundated towns between Paris and St. jermain was disinctly graver. A stream of water twelve feet deep ivas rushing through Gennevilliers and Solombes, making the work of rescue ind succor more difficult even than yesterday. Several of the houses collapsed and many persons were taken )ff the roofs of their homes, where they had been clinging for days. HunIreds are reported without food and shelter, and all day an army of troops ind civilians worked in the flooded territory, bringing succor to the distressed, and distributing provisions by boats :o the thousands of victims surrounded t>y water, who refused to quit their bomes. Within the city itself great throngs >f sightseers in the bright sunshine, besieged, the cordons of troops which rringed the flooded districts. On account of the danger of cave-ins From the pressure of the boiling waters beneath, hundreds of points were rig arousiy guaraea. ruinpins engines, belching forth smoke and .sparks, add- I r>d to the thrill and gave an impression that a universal conflagration was rag- ' ing. Tonight the city was plunged in Jarkness, relieved only by the camp fires of the soldiers at the water's edge, >r the flickering torch of some floating sentinel. The Champs Elysees, ordinarily a pathway of brilliant light, tonight had land lanterns strung along the curbs. The usually gay boulevards were wrapped in silence and darkness and the -estaurants and cafes were reduced to lim candles and Venetian lamps. Most of the theaters were closed, mt the Comedle Francalse, with botn ts electricity and heat gone was open, Tules Claretie, the manager, explainng to the meager audience before the urtain rose that he considered the lational theater of France should not lose its doors. Although there is no intention on the uirt of the government to declare marial law, the completely submerged disricts, such as Javel are in the hands if the military, to prevent pillaging, rin- soldiers have orders to give short ihift of criminels caught in the act of ooting. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Alexander Specialty Co.?Is prepared to do horseshoeing, buggy and wagon repairing and general repair work. Shop in rear of Herndon & Gordon's. Bert T. Smith, 1st Lieut.?Urges all members to attend drill of Co. "I." at armory each Friday night, preparatory to inspection. J. O. Moore, McConnellsville?Will pay reward for information leading to recovery of "Pup," a female shepherd dog. F. M. Grant?Is located in rear of Carroll Bros.' store and is prepared to do all kinds of olacksmith work; shoeing, 60c all round. Will Hemphill, Yorkville No. 5?la looking for an estray shoat and will appreciate your help in Its recovery. Shannon & HoDe?On salesdav in Feb ruary, will sell a lot of mules and horses at auction in Yorkvllle. Terms cash. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that W. B. Good has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of J. D. Hamilton, deceased. T. M. & H. E. Ferguson?Will pay 2 cents a pound for veal calves delivered next Saturday. Other grades of cattle wanted. First National Bank, Sharon?Wants you to let it be your partner in business, always ready to assist you when you need it See page six. Thomson Co.?Invites your attention to a large variety of special prices that are offered during its fourth anniversary sale. Bargains in every department. Sam M. Grist?Gives some advance information on the 1&09 report as to the condition of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company, that is of interest to policyholders. Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four, tells about its grand opening, which takes place on Friday, February 4th, and quotes quite a lot of interesting prices. York Supply Co.?Says it can furnish you with all kinds of builders' supplies and hardware; Purina for horses, mules and poultry; cut prices on flour. J. C. Wilborn?Has fine farms in Bethel and York townships, which he offers for sale today. J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote special prices on a variety of seasonable goods In their lines. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about candles and remind older folks of how It used to be when they were younger. Tomorrow is ground hog day. The ground hog Is due to come out of his hole at about 12 o'clock. If he finds the day so cloudy that he cannot see his shadow, he will consider that the backbone of winter Is broken and he will venture out. If, however, he is able to see his shadow he will at once go back into his hole and not attempt to come out again for forty days, because he will know that he can do no good. The new comet that recently made Its unheralded appearance In the western horizon, has been a subject of a great deal of Interest to people throughout this vicinity, on those evenings that the condition of the sky would admit of its being seen. It was visible from Yorkvllle on Thursday night, again on Saturday night and last night The Interesting visitor Is not to be seen until about five minutes after sundown, when It appears Just over the spot where the sun sinks from view. As the light of the sun fades more and more, the comet gradually comes Into sight, so faint as to be hardly distinguishable at first, and then becomes bright er and brighter, as It sinks lower arfid lower beyond the horizon. The astrofe omers do not seem to know much abofl the new visitor, and have not givat any definite information as to how long it will be visible. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. L. Jackson of Rock Hill, visited friends near Yorkville last week. Mr. John W. Miller left Saturday for a short visit to Washington and Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Raines of Columbia, spent last week with Mr. J. C. Dickson and family. Miss Grace Dickson of Yorkville No. 1, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. A. Raines in Columbia. Mrs. John M. Mclver of Gulf, N. Q, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Gillespie in Yorkville. Misses Annie and Janie Dickson of Clover, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Annie Lou Dickson of Yorkville No. 1. Mrs. Julia S. Heard and little daughter Hester, of Asheville, N. C., are spending sometime with Mrs. A. M. Guerard in Yorkville. Mrs. I. H. Norris and children, Mr. Willie and Miss Eloise, of Yorkville, spent several days last week with Mr. Norris in Winnsboro. Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester, was stricken with appendicitis last Thursday, and underwent an operation. Later information is that he is getting along as nicely as could be expected. Mr. Lathan has many friends and acquaintances throughout York county, who hope for his speedy recovery. He is a brother of the late Dr. Robert Lathan. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. Louis Roth has sold his handsome thoroughbred racer to Mr. Henry James, the well known horse trader. ? A test examination of applicants for positions as census enumerators will be held in the court house at Yorkville on next Saturday. In all there are about forty to take the test at Yorkville. The white candidates will have the court room from 9 a. m., until they have finished, and the colored applicants, of whom there are about half a dozen will go in at 4 p. m. ? Miss Arnold of Elkins, W. Va., a visitor of the Southern Presbyterian mission field, spent several days in Yorkville this week, the guest of Miss Lesslie Witherspoon. On Sunday afternoon she made an Interesting address to the children in the First Presbyterian church, and on Monday addressed the Ladies' Missionary society at Miss Witherspoon's. ? Mr. O. D. Anderson, who has had charge of the Southern railroad agency at this place during the past two years, has been transferred to Camden, and moved his family to that place yesterday. He has been succeeded here by Mr. P. M. Patrick of Denmark. Mr. Anderson has made a record as a thoroughly efficient man in a position that had long been regarded as a difficult one to fill, and he leaves many friends in Yorkville who very much regret to give him up. ? About twenty people gathered in the court house last Friday night to hear Mr. A. L. Gaston of Chester, on the advantages of building and loan associations as conservers of economic resources, builders of homes, and accumulators of wealth. Mr. Gaston has a successful record as a manager of building and loan operations, and it was because he In an expert along this line that it was thought to be a good idea to have him make a talk. It was desired to have the people present so the thing could be explained to all at once. The principal points emphasized were, that the main purpose of a building and loan association is to build homes, to enable people to build who could not build otherwise, and to furnish a good opportunity for those who desire to accumulate from small savings. Mr. Gaston talked the matter over fairly, squarely and Impartially, and in a thorough going, business like manner. He showed how by means of monthly payments of a dollar a share the resources of organizations of this- kind could be made to grow from month to month; how the man who does not have | occasion to borrow has a constantly In- | creasing fund growing to his credit; how the man who Is never able to accumulate a lump sum sufficient to become a real estate owner, Is enabled to borrow and pay back In small payments and get a home that he could not have otherwise gotten. He analyzed the proposition of the stockholder borrowing from a building and loan and paying back In Installments, and showed how it is possible for such a stockholder to get the full benefit of the nominal rate of Interest on debts paid by small Installments. Messrs. O. E. Wllkins, J. C. Wilborn and others, have taken up the matter of organizing a building and loan with 250 shares and will push the proposition for all it Is worth. NEW SUBSCRIBER PREMIUM. Although the five dollars that was offered for the largest number of new subscribers returned and paid for during the week ending January 22, literally went a begging, that was not the case with the five dollars offered for the largest number of new names returned and paid for last week. Among the clubmakers who returned and paid for new names last *cek, were Miss Clara Alexander, No. 4, Yorkville; Mrs. John Brandon, Clover; N. S. Ford, Clover; H. J. Love, Filbert No. 1; J. Webb Moore, Yorkville No. 3; A. W. McFarland, Yorkville No. 3; Miss Mary Jackson. Newport; Miss Mamie Massey, Fort Mill; W. T. Smarr, Bullock's Creek; Lester Watson, No. 1, Hickory Grove; B. W. White, Sharon; Capt. Samuel E White, Lancaster. The five dollar premium goes to Mr. A. W. McFarland of No. 3, Yorkville, who returned and paid for five new names. ' To keep up interest in the matter, we have decided to offer one more premium for new subscribers, on the same terms as heretofore, except this time we will make the premium ten dollars and extend the competition period to the evening of February 28, at 6 o'clock. The proposition is simply this. To the clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of new subscribers during the month of February, we will give our check for ten dollars, and all names returned in the contest, whether they participate in this ten dollar premium or not, will count on clubs just the same as if this special premium had not been offered. HOMICIDE IN COLUMBIA. Aaron Howell, formerly of the Bethany section of York county; but for several years past, a bookkeeper for the Granby Mercantile company, shot and killed one of the operatives named C. C. Armstrong last-Saturday afternoon at about 2 o'clock. At the inquest Sunday, Officer Knox to whom Howell surrendered after the killing, testified that as soon as he gave himself up, Howell said that Armstrong had seized hold of him and he shot to make him turn loose and get back. Two eye-witnesses, J. M. Brown and W. P. Parish, who were with the deceased, testified that Howell fired be. fore Armstrong: took hold of him. Their testimony agreed. in practically everything except as to the relative positions of the two men at the time of the firing. The testimony was that Howell fired four shots wjth a 32-calibre revolver; but only one ball inflicted injury. This bullet entered between the second and third ribs, and was found in the cavity of the right lung. Three other bullets were found in the dead man's overcoat. The shooting grew out of a dispute over an old account, and a part of Armstrong's story is told in the Columbia State of Monday as follows: "Armstrong visited Magistrate Jas. H. Fowles, Jr., yesterday, stating that he had worked for the Granby mill about nine years ago, returning some two weeks ago to re-enter the employ of this company. He went on to say that he was preparing to leave Columbia and enter laboratory work and when he went to draw his pay an account was presented said to have been Incurred when he was in the' employ of the company nine years ago. This was a bill for a suit of clothes that he had apparently bought from a store in Columbia, the Granby Mercantile company guaranteeing payment. Armstrong said that he ha<j not purchased any such suit and had so Informed tne company, and he was then told that the matter could not be looked into at once, as Maj. W. Arthur Metts, who was manager of the Olympia mills store nine years ago, is now absent from the city and would not return before February 15. Armstrong told the magistrate that he could not wait that long and desired to bring suit for his money, amounting to about $19. Mr. Fowles told him that he would have to deposit $1.15 to cover the costs of the action and Armstrong left the magistrate's office and was killed shortly afterwards." Armstrong was originally from Piedmont. He worked in cotton mills part of the time, practiced painless dentistry a part of the time. He was not licensed as a dentist, however, and because of that fact was tried for his life in Newberry in 1907. He used cocaine in extracting 11 teeth for Mrs. Corry Berry, and she died shortly afterward of heart failure. . At the trial, however, there was testimony to the effect that Armstrong had not administered enough cocaine to produce death ? .d he was acquitted. Howell was born and raised in the Bethany neighborhood, and has a number of relatives and friends in this county. His reputation is that of a 1 straight-forward, law-abiding citizen, 1 who would not take an unfair advant- ' age, and his friends and acquaintances generally seem to be of the opinion that he did not shoot without good reason. , LOCAL LACONICS. < Tax Collections to uate. , The tax collections up to last night, amounted to J144.000. The 2 per cent penalty attached this morning. Aged 108. Blacksburg special of January 30, to the Columbia State: There died recently near here, Miss Peggy Clark, who, had she lived until the 21st of February next, would have been 108 years old. In the old family Bible, which belongs to one of her kinsmen, is the record of her birth, February 21, 1802. She always lived the simple country, out-door and open-house life, and in later years indulged In the luxury of smoking her pipe. Although her home was within 200 yards of the Southern railroad line from Atlanta to Washington, and every day for a third of a century she heard Its ponderous c freight trains and magnificent vesti- s buled coaches roll by, she never herself enjoyed a ride over It She was never sick enough to require the services of a physician and died rather suddenly. Miss Clark lived with her cousin, Mrs. White, who Is nearing her 90th year and who has, for the past 15 or 20 years, been drawing a pension from the United States government on account of her husband having served In the Mexican war. For Hunting Without License. Dr. Len Adams and Mr. Henry Cleveland of Gastonia, were tried before Magistrate Qulnn and a jury at Clover one day last week, on the charge of hunting In South Carolina without a license. Under the law, non-residents have to pay a license to hunt In South Carolina. Mr. Cleveland managed to prove South Carolina residence and got off. Dr. Adams was required to pay a fine of twenty dollars. Mr. Cleveland admitted that he voted in the recent court house election in Gastonla; but he was also able to show that he had paid his poll tax in Spartanburg. Charged With Breach of Trust Mr. W. A. Carroll, carrier on Filbert R. F. D. route No. 1, was arrested on a warrant charging him with breach of trust with frauti dent intent and bound over in the sum of $300, to appear at the approaching term of the court of general sessions. The warrant was is sued by Magistrate R. L. de Loach on affidavits sworn out by members of the Filbert Lodge Jr. O. U. A. M., the charge being that the defendant, as clerk of said lodge, appropriated to his own use funds of the lodge to the amount of $104. It is alleged that instead of forwarding the money to the supreme council as it was his business and duty to do, Carroll used the money for his own purposes, with the result that the lodge was suspended for quite a while before any of the members, other than Carroll, had cognizance of the fact Carroll, it is understood, does not deny having made use of the lodge's money; but claims that it was without fraudulent Intent; that it was his purpose to make good, and that he now stands ready to make good. Aitnougn his bond was given for his appearance at the approaching term of the court of general sessions, the defendant reserved the right to demand a preliminary hearing If he should see proper to do so. Rock Hill 8chool Tax Question. Rock Hill special of January 28, to the News and Courier: The meeting of citizens for the purpose of considering a tax levy for school purposes, which was adjourned after a stormy session three weeks ago, reconvened yesterday at noon. W. J. Cherry was the chairman and U. C. Partlow secretary. The report of the committee appointed to go over the treasurer's books with him and report the exact state of the district showed that, as stated by Treasurer Smith in his former report, there would be a deficit of $2,500 at the end of the school term, and that It would require a levy of 3i mills to secure free tuition. After considerable talk and speechmaking had been indulged In, J. B. Johnson's motion that: "In addition to the constitutional tax of 3 mills, an additional 3i millrf tax shall be levied on the taxable property of the district for educational Interest under direction of the board of trustees for 1910," after an amendment by Dr. J. B. Miller, making the levy 4 mills, was adopted. The motion made by W. M. Dunlap, Esq., "that the board of trustees of the Rock Hill school district shall provide free tuition in all the mill schools and In all the schools of the district, and that they provide proper school equipment for that purpose, the provision for free tuition to begin at the opening of the schools in September, 1910," was carried. MERE-MENTION. An American shoe factory has been commissioned to make shoes for the heir apparent to the throne of Holland. The linings of the shoes will be of material valued at $100 a yard United States Senator Culberson of Texas, is reported as being critically ill at Atlantic City, N. J J. P. Morgan is said to be behind a merger of the big copper interests of the United States and Canada. The amount involved is put at $500,000,000 A New York woman last week put through a million dollar real estate deal by which she reaped a commission of $10,000 United States shipbuilders will receive contracts for the construction of two first-class battleships for the Argentine government John B. Lombard, treasurer of Framingham, Mass., is on trial at Cambridge, on the charge of forging town notes during the past five years to the amount of $1,185,000 with $320,000 of the notes still outstanding The retail prices of eggs, butter and other produce have been sharply affected In many of the northern cities by the movement against high prices. In Philadelphia prices have been reduced z to o cents a dozen on eggs, and 2 to 5 cents a pound on butter During the first six months of the fiscal year 1910, there were 422,982 immigrants, landed at United States ports..Joseph Picone, the first person to be convicted of "white slavery" In New York, has been sentenced to state prison for a term of not less than four years. Picone is 19 years of age Mrs. Walter Porter of Belvldere, 111., recently sold a prize winning turkey for $500. The bird has won first prizes at the leading shows and weighs 52 pounds. One prisoner was killed and two were shot by guards at the naval prison at Portsmouth, N. Hi., Friday, while trying to escape Raefalle Pisano, leader of the Black Hand society in Brooklyn, N. Y., was sentenced Friday to serve twenty-five years in Sing Sing prison. His crime was attempted murder Lyman W. Rogers, treasurer of the National Maternity hospital of Chicago, is authority for the statement that 3,000 Chicago husbands are fondling babies that are not their own, but babies adopted by their wives and the "fathers" are none the wiser Albert T. Patrick, the famous lawyerconvict, under sentence of life imprisonment In Sing Sing for murder, has seen disbarred as a practicing lawyer by the appellate division of the New York supreme court Eleven city jfflcials and contractors of Chicago, have been indicted by the Cook county ?rand Jury, charging them with con;piracy to defraud the city out of >254,100 The United States Motor company has been incorporated under the aws of New Jersey with a capita] itock of >16,000,000. The company pro>oses to build Hying machines... .The Kentucky court of appeals has refused ;o grant a new trial to Beach Hargls, nf hia father and he must lerve his sentence of life imprisonment. ...Warrants were sworn out in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, for the arrest of nree life Insurance solicitors, on harges of conspiracy to defraud inurance companies by insuring dying persons by the connivance of physicians. The investigation was started by the death of a $10-a-week teamster, who had 116,000 insurance. It is expected that the Investigation of such cases will be carried on all over the United States The Philadelphia and Reading railroad has announced an increase of 13 per cent in the scale of pay of its 1,200 engineers The Coatee's thread mills, five in numbert began operations again yesterday, after being closed for a week on account of a strike of back boys and twister girls Eight persons were killed and twenty Injured in a railroad wreck in the outskirts of London, England, Saturday W. S. . Hays, former manager 01 ine ouue umun uanii ux 1 San Francisco, haa been arrested at , Memphis, Tenn., and will be taken back to California for trial on charges ' of embezzlement Fourteen Sicilians, ' on trial at Toledo, O., on charges of , Black Hand conspiracy, were convict- i ed Saturday and given prison sentences 1 varying from two to sixteen years,... J Bishop Cyrus D. Fobs, retired, of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his home in Philadelphia, Saturday, aged 76 years...... .McAdoo, a small 1 mining town of Pennsylvania, has thirty-nine saloons, or one for every sev- , enteen voters Four men were kill- ' ed Thursday evening near Cllnchport, ' Va., by a train wreck on the Carolina, . Cllnchfleld and Ohio railroad. The cause of the wreck was a landslide | which blocked the track....By an accidental explosion of dynamite at Silver City, N. C., Friday, the $100,000 Swain county court house was wrecked, one man was instantly killed and several others more or less hurt, two probably fatally The case of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and his son, Robert J. Cooper, convicted of murdering Senator Carmack at Nashville, was to be argued before the Tennessee supreme cuui i u? apycai today A Pennsylvania railroad train killed three persons at two different places, a few miles apart near Mansfield, O., Sunday. A woman was killed on 'a crossing and a few miles away the train ran down an automobile, killing two othera During the year 1909 only nineteen registered ships were reported as missing by the maritime reporting agencies. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Major Marion Moise. a leading lawyer and financier of Sumter, killed himself In his office in that city last Sunday afternoon, shooting himself In the head with a Colt's revolver. ? Decided sentiment, says a Columbia dispatch, Is manifesting itself against Senator Tillman In his contest for his grandchildren. If the supreme court decides against the mother and makes a literal construction of the act, a poll of the legislature shows that the act will be repealed and a new law enacted. ? Chester, January 31: Yesterday afternoon when Henry Howard, driving a team of two mules and a horse from Barium Springs, N. C., to Columbia, attempted to pass Fishing creek at a ford near Mills mill, this county, driver, wagon and team were swept down by the raging waters. The mules were drowned; the wagon was recovered and the driver narrowly escaped. ? A white man named A. J. Coyle, has brought suit for 35,000 damages against the 8herllT of Greenwood county for an unlawful arrest and detention in JalL While the office of the nearest magistrate was vacant by death, Coyle put out a negro's eye In a gambling row, and for this was arrested. The sheriff had no warrant and the damage suit is based on this fact. ? Representative Coke D. Mann, although himself a Clemson trustee, says , the Browning bill Introduced In the , house to have an investigation 01 tne affairs of Clemson should pass. He , says he is not guilty of any nepotism himself, but there Is plenty of It there. Mr. Mann says Senator Tillman has been threatening for some time to expose this nepotism, but was content to remain silent as long as the other trustees did his bidding. He says Senator Tillman has been having a lot of fun out of the matter and has been having things much his own way. ? Greenville, January 31: An amusing incident occurred in the operating room at a local hospital the other night when Tom Poole, who had in a row in the suburbs been slashed three times across the abdomen with a carving knife, was under the hands of two physicians. In the'mixup in which Foole had been involved, the other party to the controversy having been found dead in a nearby ditch, a bullet had lodged somewhere in Poole's chest The physicians found it necessary to remove a certain portion of the skin. On this part of Poole's body there had been drawn by an old sea dog many years ago, a miniature American flag, in all its brilliant colors, the work having been done aboard a man-of-war when Poole was enlisted in the navy. Poole refused to take an anesthetic and ap- , peared much interested in the operations. Presently one of the physicians ran a little knife through Old Glory, marring the picture forever. Poole made a "pass" at him, but the doctor warded off the blow. In his convalescence Poole swears he will seek damages in the courts, even if he finds it necessary to take his case to congress, and haul up the doctor , for desecrating the American flag. ? Columbia, January 31: The distinguishing feature of the habeas corpus contest before the supreme court today between Senator and Mrs. Tillman and their daughter-inlaw for possession of the senator's two little grand-daughters, was that the Tlllmans did not attack the character of the younger Mrs. Tillman I other than to charge that she is lr- < ritable, and on many occasions not specified, she did not show a proper ?J wnlntlnnn a# reKU.ru iur lue Kieieu iciauuue vk marriage. All the morning was consumed in reading affidavits and the arguments will last well Into afternoon. There is no indication yet that . the case will go to a reference. So j crowded was the court room with ' prominent spectators, half of them , women, that the court Anally locked ( the doors. The only affidavits of im- ( portance from the Tillman side was < a lengthy one from B. R. Tillman, ( Jr., and a thirteen page one from . Senator Tillman. Young Tillman ac- . knowledged that he had drank to j excess and had on one occasion as- , sailed the character of his wife, but ( afterward apologized for this. He , denied all the other charges brought ' against him by his wife. Senator , Tillman's affidavit set forth that the younger Mrs. Tillman had taught her children to hate him and his wife, ' but in reply to the charge that the I senator and his wife had not tried to help their daughter-in-law reform young Tillman, he quoted letters he , had written her and him showing the , contrary. He set forth that he never . had any intention of attacking the character of his daughter-in-law but , in reply to the affidavits proving her . character, he quoted scripture about "the wicked fleeing when no man pursueth." The younger Mrs. Till- , man's attorney replied with copies of letters young Tillman wrote his wife from Edgefield last fall, showing that while making preparations to desert her and take her children he was writing her most endearing love letters. A sensational incident . brought out in this was the letters written young Mrs. Tillman by the senator outrageously attacking her character and that of her female rel- i atlves now dead, had disappeared I from her private desk at Edgewood t following her husband's visit there s and while she was in Washington, t The contents of these letters was t proved by a number of affidavits, one c f OoAr rrrw Unnoh r\f SnfiP. t II UIU 1UIO. VIOU1 ftV uuaivit w*. wrpw.* ? tanburg, the senator's niece, saying t that after these letters she did not a blame young Mrs. Tillman from re- c fusing to have anything more to do f with ihe senator or members of his i family. The return in the case was p a brief mostly standing upon the old e statute under which the deed to the o children was made, giving the hus- t band this sole right regardless of the fitness or unfitness of the wife. "Back to tho 8oil."?"Back to the joil." This Is the solution of the prob- ^ ems of the higher cost of living, accreting to James J. Hill, philosopher md master railroad builder. "The problem Is not local; it is international," said Mr. Hill, who was back in New York last Saturday after his visit to Washington and the White House early in the week. "Obviously, the world has reached in economic crisis. We are not producing foodstuffs enough. We must enlarge the farming area of the earth; we must apply scientific principles; we must adapt ourselves to condltlona "Agriculturally speaking, the world Is not. over-populated. The problem Is to relieve the congestion in the cities and scatter the unproductive population to the farms. Then when we get them there we piust teach them new methods of farming. Our present mothnHo orn or* Iaaaa nllnaK/\^ wuu ?*t v IW0V UitU Qli ponvu kliai we do not get half the good out of our tillable land. "There isn't quick relief to the present crisis. The necessaries of life will not be cheapened to the consumer until we add a million or so persons to our agricultural population. Until the movement from the city back to the country starts. President Taft and congress can do little to lower the cost a of living." m To Investigate Tax Department?M. L. Smith has presented a resolution providing for a commission to investigate the tax department. Section 1. That a commission, consisting of the chairman of the finance committee of the senate, the chairman fa of the ways and means committee, of the house, the comptroller general, and three other nersons to be appointed by the governor, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly investigate the tax department of this state and report to the next meeting of the general assembly the result of. their investigation, and make such recommendation looking In t Ha ImnsAvamoel a# v M.V .*.*|/?vt?IUOIII VI U1IO UC^tUl" ment as shall be considered advisable. Section 2. That the members of said commission, other than the comptroller general, shall each receive the sum of $4 per day and necessary traveling expenses for each day's attendance upon the sessions of said commission, payable on the warrant of the chairman of the commission, and the sum of 11,000 is hereby approprl- w ated to meet such per diem and ex- - -JJ penses. The resolution has a favorable report from the ways and means committee. No More Boll Weevil Money?An 4 unsuccessful effort was made by southern congressmen in the house yesterday to have the appropriation for the B study and demonstration of the best methods of meeting the ravages of the boll weevil, the foe of cotton, increased from $216,000 to $600,000. The proposition was defeated by a vote of $8 to 116. "We poor people want our butter colored yellow. It looks better and is bet- . ter. We want our colored butter free ^ of taxation," declared Representative Clayton (Ala.) in the course of a speech advocating the increase. Speaking of the hibernating qualities of the boll weevil Mr. Clayton convulsed the house by declaring that if the weevil should reach Kansas it would hibernate in whiskers. The boll V weevil gets in a lazy condition, "like some of you gentlemen, who go to banquets," said Mr. Clayton. "You Yankees want cheap cotton," he added amid laughter, "but if you let the boll weevil eat up our cotton you will have to pay 40 cents a pound for . it." Another effort to increase the appropriation, this time to $300,000, was defeated by a vote of 96 to 108. Does Not Look Fair?These are the sections of the statutes on which Senator Tillman Is relying to retain custo- * dy of the children deeded to him by his son, B. R. Tillman, Jr.: "Section 2689. The father of any child or children, under the age of 21 years and not married, whether born before or after the death of such fattier, or the mother of any such child or M children, the father being dead, whether such father or mother be under the age of 21 years, or of full age, may, by his or her deed, executed and recorded according to law, or by his or her last will and testament, made and probated according to law, dispose of the custody and tuition of such child or children for and during such time as he, she, or they, respectively, remain under the age of 21 years, to any person or persons, in possession or re- A mainder. * "Section 2690. Such disposition of the custody of such child or children shall be good and effectual against all and every person or persons claiming the custody of such child or children, as guardian in socage or otherwise. ^ Fined Five Hundred Dollars,?in the Charlotte, N. C., police court last Saturday, J. Harry Jonjs, an express messenger, , was fined 1500 for shooting William L. Felder, a merchant of St Matthews, S. C., in Charlotte on December 14 last Mr. Felder waa shot as he was walking past an express car. At the hearing Saturday, the express messenger admitted doing the shoot- s lng; but offered no explanation, ex- ' cept that he was drunk. The line was paid. , AT THE CHURCHE8. BAPTIST. | Prayer meeting Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. METHODIST. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. PRESBYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. ^ ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. jtyerial 9oti4**? For New Subscribers. To the clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of new subscribers to The Enquirer during the month of February, up to 6 o'clock p. m., February 28, we will give our check tor J10. By a new subscriber, we mean ^ -\no thot Ho a not hasn a*i ahr 11st txrf+H. v* tv. vitav i ?u.o iiui ucvu uii vui tinw tt iwii In six months, either in the name of the subscriber or in the name of any member of the family with which he ar she may be living. The competition Is open to all who desire to enter, whether or not their names are already an our list as clubmakers. All sub- 4 scriptlons returned in the contest .will * also be counted in the competition for the other premiums offered. Begin at ance. L. M. Grist's Son a. Prof. Barrow's Appointments In th? Fifth District. The following schedule of Farmers' Institutes has been arranged for the ^ Fifth district Prof. D. N. Barrow of ZJlemson college will meet the farmers ind all others who are interested in the term extension work as indicated in :he following list. County secretaries ind county residents are requested to nake all necessary arrangements for :hese meetings: Monday, Feb. 7?Gaftney, Tuesday, Feb. 8?Chester. Wednesday, Feb. 9?Yorkville, Thursday, Feb. 10?Lancaster Friday, Feb. 11?Camden. Saturday, Feb. 12?Chesterfield. The Best There Is, The crop mortgage form that is beng sold by The Enquirer is easily the >est that has been offered in this secion. It is not as long a form as A lome of them; but it is long enough 0 include alj the essential speclficaions of a proper contract. Recording :osts from 75 cents to a dollar, where he mortgage is for more than one mndred dollars. Where it is less than 1 hundred dollars the indexing fee is ?nly fifteen cents. To save recording 4 eee on mArtj'siE'es of more than llilO t is practicable to draw two or more tapers for less than a hundred dollars ach and have them indexed. Sample if this crop mortgage will be mailed o any address on receipt of 5 cents. L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville, S. C.